{"id":570360,"date":"2026-05-07T03:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T03:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/570360\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T03:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T03:21:08","slug":"the-royal-and-ancient-golf-club-of-st-andrews-announces-claire-dowling-as-captain-for-2026-27-the-ra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/570360\/","title":{"rendered":"The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews announces Claire Dowling as Captain for 2026\/27 &#8211; The R&amp;A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxPSlJoTVBMSGZVdHRMaDZrOVhVcnZKTW9oeHQtVE5TdEZzWDBjMERuU1BFMWxpV25HLXQwUkVFZE1rNDhaSldBTTRXdWFZT0oxMUl4eDJhSTV2dFo1cHpqdlE5b2dyZkVjd0g0MXdVMnNzbFFuT3k4a0lJRlA4S3dxbnZjTmVVNmZDZDBjQVkxenNOWFpYTmgyLXhVcXM3Z3lRNUxDN1NxVVdrYWpZcFdCWnloWlZyZTNlSHU3U2RzR3Jadw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews announces Claire Dowling as Captain for 2026\/27<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The R&amp;A<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxORUtTZVZoZlVZbjVrNWJxOUpqV1ZOaU55ZktBbnRKdEZSeG0xS3BwcXBvNDJDSDlWcjZJTVRFdmM4cjk1bmpOWkVKZlNBRmRCbnVWSTFKNUh1Nm83WWRqLW91djh4V1kwRFZvSHNHa2kwWXRRWGpONXZhY3EteXViXzFKaDNKZU5aSUZWSTJVTl9lcEtzTWtxeFBhZkpIOWQ1RnF4cUp2TEE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Irishwoman Claire Dowling becomes first ever female captain at St Andrews<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxPUlpTZlNYTzBxYWM0a1pYZkdzdWlzZWNqTVE4Q09TZzZlNVBEZzNVeVltbERxRmFLX2dyU3ZrVlYteGVZeTM3TG1BNU9FNGwwMUEwRWRkRmxZOUp3T3UzYUhWYzdMdU1SdFBYSjRqUVhDbjdUYUhSRG9iNm9TZEp5cUR4M1hweHBzblZjOTAwVmRTd3ZpOUtXclhTMDg1SnlTdEhLU00teEpIaTAybTllQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Royal &amp; Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews has never had a female captain \u2026 until now<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Golf Digest<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxPa2dNbWRyTHAwMXJNd1NIVUItUWNLcmlrQ3NZdGJnbzFzS25hYTAxNDI0U1FoclI4WVlWc195NGlHNEJnN29xeHQtWHZiQ2R5MzJ3dTNEZG5jRFlxRjBselZ6VDQ2emRVWE5fZzFTUDc1aE9oRW1wN2hSVi0telVhMUNQYjdQLXdnM1dV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The R&amp;A names names first-ever female captain<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Golf Business<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi4gFBVV95cUxNajdjSmViX3BkY1BKQlkyejlsR0pHZ2JTSVlqS0hhMENzVy1ldjZfd2RjbFlQdUplYWEtUi1wOEpCeG1MbDJFRmhRX2czZzFZTEg0UnVRT1pIWG8zNXBMSFBSbWI4LUk0dXZLdEFPQjhpMzFCZEM0TTAyNndncExZdGQydGpIT3ppUVpncFRPSk1kckN6SW1BajNhTlZLbFNWUVlzN0t0aWhNc0lTUGhISUs2bzhuN2JxTDNxYmVjR3NJMlp0ak8wazB2SGZwZ2xEV3ZyRmZfR19NdXM5RjVwQjd3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ireland\u2019s Claire Dowling makes history by becoming first woman to captain the Royal &amp; Ancient<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews announces Claire Dowling as Captain for 2026\/27&nbsp;&nbsp;The R&amp;AIrishwoman Claire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-570360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}